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Atka giggled at the continuation of the joke, playfully scoffing at the wink.

❝You flatter me.❞ She lightly shouldered Heph, looking back ahead with a sigh.

She was so content and happy beside her, and while Heph may have been as well, she desired to see the world and Atka would not stand in the way of that.

Mmmm we should find time to do some hunting or dare I say lazing about. Anything in particular you enjoy doing about the Heartwood?

❝Hunting sounds nice, but so does lazing about.❞ Atka mumbled resting her head on her paws again ❝Usually to entertain myself here I nose through the herbs of the nearby fields or spend time in that quiet, foggy forest across the other stream. Or hunt, we need a lot of that lately.❞